Hebden Bridge Band

Trombones

Solo trombone - vacant

Kate Salter - 2nd trombone.

Kate began her playing career on trumpet at the age of 6. She moved on to cornet three years later, with Elland Training Band. After two years struggling to reach the high register, Kate moved onto trombone. Six months later she moved into Elland Youth Band and after another six months moved onto solo trombone. In June 2006 she became a member of Elland Silver Band, and later that year she was given the opportunity to play 2nd trombone with Hebden Bridge Band at the Pontins Contest, and enjoyed it so much that she decided to stay.

Alison Cowens - Bass trombone

Alison played tenor trombone for a number of years, but now seems to have found her vocation on Bass Trom. Despite her youthful looks Alison is actually another long serving member who has been a member on and off since 1979. She originally learnt to play the trombone a Hebden Bridge Junior Band at the age of ten and puts her success (like so many players from the valley) down to the sterling work put in by the musical director of Hebden Bridge Juniors, Mr Bryan Robinson. Alison says she has seen the band go through many highs and lows over the last twenty-odd years, but currently she feels the band is really going places.